After what feels like 2 years of hawkishly watching GPU prices, they finally dropped to a level I felt were fair-ish, and I obtained this 3060 TI at $525 after crypto took a hit. As a 3D artist and gamer, I'm very pleased with this GPU. I game on a ultra wide monitor at 3440 x 1440, a bit more demanding then your average 1440 experience. Before I was using a 1660 GTX, so gaming on a ultra wide was only possible after nuking all the graphic settings or playing in 1080p windowed mode.
However now with the 3060 TI, I seem to be able to play all the new games on high to ultra settings at around 70-120FPS, with Cyberpunk being the exception requiring medium graphic settings for a still great looking gaming experience. Other older games from 5 years ago like "Prey" I get around 120-200+ FPS. For VR games like Pavlov, Alyx, or Boneworks, this card offers flawless performance. For 3D rendering in Adobe Substance or Blender's Cycles, this card has cut my render times in half from my 1660, which has greatly improved my workflow.
The only complaint I have is this card runs hot, but that seems to be in trend with newer CPUs and other components that seem to be able to take more heat today while still dishing out high performance. I also think I might cry (not really) when the price of a 3070 TI drops to what I bought my 3060 TI for. I wouldn't let that stop you from buying this card though, as it's still overkill for most of your needs, the 3070 TI would only offer a quarter of a performance boost, nothing that noticeable on the surface.
| Memory Speed | 14000 MHz |
|---|---|
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 |
